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Gemini CLI Conductor: Context-Driven Development

Gemini CLI Conductor brings 1M token context window to free workflow management; context driven development keeps code clean

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Conductor: Introducing context-driven development for Gemini CLI - Google  Developers Blog

While this article discusses context-driven development, I don’t recommend using Gemini CLI as a direct programming tool yet. Its more suitable scenario for workflow management.

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Currently, Gemini CLI has fully opened up free access to Gemini 3, making it perfect for workflow applications.

A 1 million token context window, completely free to use.

Moreover, Gemini CLI officially provides numerous high-quality extensions and workflows.

Like Conductor, which I’m introducing today.

Tools like Conductor have become essential for Vibe Coding - Claude Code has something similar as well.

In the past, when we used AI to write code, the approach was quite casual - just throw in the requirements and let the AI do its thing.

This might work for simple projects, but in complex projects, it’s a disaster. Code styles are inconsistent, logic contradicts itself, and eventually it turns into a pile of technical debt.

The core logic of Google Gemini CLI Conductor is: think before you act - what we call context-driven development.

Let’s look at how to implement context-driven development.

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